Hicham Boudaoui

	Boudaoui with Nice in 2025
Personal information
Full name	Hicham Boudaoui
Date of birth	23 September 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Béchar, Algeria
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Nice
Number	6
Youth career
2012–2018	Paradou AC
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2019	Paradou AC
2019–	Nice
2019	Nice II
International career‡
2018	Algeria U20
2018–	Algeria U23
2018–	Algeria
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Algeria
Africa Cup of Nations
Men's football
Representing Algeria
Africa Cup of Nations
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 August 2025; ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:45, 25 March 2025 (UTC)
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Hicham Boudaoui (Arabic: هشام بوداوي; born 23 September 1999) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Nice and the Algeria national team.

Club career

On 6 January 2018, Boudaoui made his professional debut for Paradou AC, coming as a second-half substitute in a league match against USM Alger.^[3]

In September 2019, he joined Ligue 1 side Nice.^[4]

International career

Boudaoui made his debut for the Algeria national team on 27 December 2018 in a friendly against Qatar, as a starter.^[5] He was named in Algeria's national team squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.^[6]

In December 2023, he was named in Algeria's squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.^[7] He has also appeared for Algeria U20 and Algeria U23 teams.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 August 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Paradou AC	2017–18	Algerian Ligue 1	7	0	0	0	—		—		—		7	0
	2018–19	Algerian Ligue 1	30	1	4	0	—		—		—		34	1
	Total		37	1	4	0	—		—		—		41	1
Nice	2019–20	Ligue 1	9	1	3	1	1	0	—		—		13	2
	2020–21	Ligue 1	25	3	4	0	—		4^[a]	0	—		33	3
	2021–22	Ligue 1	29	3	4	0	—		—		—		33	3
	2022–23	Ligue 1	27	1	0	0	—		8^[b]	0	—		35	1
	2023–24	Ligue 1	27	2	0	0	—		—		—		27	2
	2024–25	Ligue 1	29	2	2	0	—		5^[a]	0	—		36	2
	2025–26	Ligue 1	3	0	0	0	—		1^[c]	0	—		4	0
	Total		149	12	13	1	1	0	18	0	0	0	181	14
Nice II	2019–20	National 3	2	0	—		—		—		—		2	0
Career total			187	13	17	1	1	0	18	0	0	0	223	14

^ ^a ^b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 25 March 2025^[8]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps
Algeria	2018	1
	2019	5
	2021	4
	2022	1
	2023	5
	2024	3
	2025	2
Total		21

Honours

Nice

Coupe de France runner-up: 2021–22^[9]

Algeria

Africa Cup of Nations: 2019^[10]

Individual

Nice Young Player of the Season: 2019–20^[11]

References

^ "Algeria" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "Hicham Boudaoui". OGC Nice. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
^ "Paradou AC vs. USM Alger - 6 January 2018 - Soccerway". Soccerway. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
^ "Hicham Boudaoui, the latest Aiglon". OGC Nice. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
^ "Qatar v Algeria game report". Eurosport. 27 December 2018.
^ Mohamed B (30 May 2019). "CAN 2019 : Les 23 Algériens pour L'Egypte" (in French). DZfoot. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^ "CAN 2024 : L'Algérie Dévoile sa Liste Officielle – Qui Sont les Fennecs Prêts à Conquérir l'Afrique ?" (in French). Algérie-Focus. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ Hicham Boudaoui at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
^ "Algeria hold on against Senegal to win Afcon". BBC Sport. 19 July 2019.
^ "Hicham Boudaoui named Crédit Agricole young of player of the season". OGCNice.com. OGC Nice. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

Hicham Boudaoui at Soccerway

[UEL-8] Appearances in UEFA Europa League

[ECL-9] Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

[10] One appearance in UEFA Champions League

[1] "Algeria" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[2] "Hicham Boudaoui". OGC Nice. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

[3] "Paradou AC vs. USM Alger - 6 January 2018 - Soccerway". Soccerway. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

[4] "Hicham Boudaoui, the latest Aiglon". OGC Nice. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.

[5] "Qatar v Algeria game report". Eurosport. 27 December 2018.

[6] Mohamed B (30 May 2019). "CAN 2019 : Les 23 Algériens pour L'Egypte" (in French). DZfoot. Retrieved 10 June 2019.

[7] "CAN 2024 : L'Algérie Dévoile sa Liste Officielle – Qui Sont les Fennecs Prêts à Conquérir l'Afrique ?" (in French). Algérie-Focus. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[nft-11] Hicham Boudaoui at National-Football-Teams.com

[12] "Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

[13] "Algeria hold on against Senegal to win Afcon". BBC Sport. 19 July 2019.

[14] "Hicham Boudaoui named Crédit Agricole young of player of the season". OGCNice.com. OGC Nice. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}

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